| pad | (noun) the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger | - |
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| (noun) a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort | - |
| (noun) a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched | Synonyms: launch area, launch pad, launching pad, launchpad |
| (noun) temporary living quarters | Synonyms: diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings |
| (noun) a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp | Synonyms: inking pad, inkpad, stamp pad |
| (noun) the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily) | - |
| (noun) a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge | Synonyms: pad of paper, tablet |
| (verb) add padding to | Synonyms: bolster |
| (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard |
| (verb) line or stuff with soft material | Synonyms: fill out |
| (verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | Synonyms: footslog, plod, slog, tramp, trudge |
| padauk | (noun) tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain | Synonyms: amboyna, padouk, Pterocarpus indicus |
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| (noun) the wood of any of the padauk trees, used in decorative cabinetwork. | - |
| padded | (adjective) softened by the addition of cushions or padding | Synonyms: cushioned, cushiony |
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| padder | (noun) a highwayman who robs on foot | Synonyms: footpad |
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| padding | (noun) artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort | Synonyms: cushioning |
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| paddle | (noun) a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat | Synonyms: boat paddle |
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| (noun) an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board | - |
| (noun) a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel | - |
| (noun) small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games | - |
| (verb) stir with a paddle | - |
| (verb) give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | Synonyms: larrup, spank |
| (verb) propel with a paddle | - |
| (verb) swim like a dog in shallow water | - |
| (verb) walk unsteadily, with short steps | Synonyms: coggle, dodder, toddle, totter, waddle |
| (verb) play in or as if in water, as of small children | Synonyms: dabble, splash around |
| paddlefish | (noun) primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout | Synonyms: duckbill, Polyodon spathula |
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| paddler | (noun) someone paddling a canoe | Synonyms: canoeist |
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| paddlewheel | (noun) a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat | Synonyms: paddle wheel |
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| paddock | (noun) pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race | - |
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| paddy | (noun) rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field | - |
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| (noun) an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown | Synonyms: paddy field, rice paddy |
| paddymelon | (noun) small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea | Synonyms: pademelon |
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| pademelon | (noun) small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea | Synonyms: paddymelon |
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| padlock | (noun) a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut | - |
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| (verb) fasten with a padlock | - |
| padouk | (noun) tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain | Synonyms: amboyna, padauk, Pterocarpus indicus |
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| padre | (noun) a chaplain in one of the military services | Synonyms: Holy Joe, military chaplain, sky pilot |
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| padrone | (noun) an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy | - |
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| (noun) an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S. | - |